"A BRAVE MAN"
(Press Assn.
INEBRIATED CRIPPLE'S CHALLENGE TO LIFE throws crutches at bus
— By Telegraph — Copyright.)
HAMILTON, Thursday. "I am a brave man and 1*11 die for my country." The spectacle of a man somewhat the worse for liquor screamthese words in the middle of Grey Street, Hamilton East, caused some amusement as the football crowds were Ieaving Steele Park on Wednesday afternoon. The man raised his voice to a fenzied pitch and hurled the crutches he was leaning on at an omnibus, fortunately not inflicting any damage. Sf.ill shouting, he then stretched himself in the path of a motorcar and yelied to the driver to run over him. Trafhc Inspector. Courtenay arrived on the scene and persuaded the inebriated cripple to return to the footpath asid tolerate life a Iittle longer.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 46, 16 October 1931, Page 3
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